Question

This empire’s rulers were elected via kurultai, or gatherings of their followers, rather than primogeniture. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this empire founded at a 1206 kurultai which proclaimed the warrior Temujin as Genghis Khan.
ANSWER: Mongol Empire
[10h] This northwestern Mongol successor state was ruled by descendants of Jochi, Genghis Khan’s eldest son, and was once divided into Blue and White wings. Till its dissolution in 1486, this Mongol successor state held overlordship of the Russian principalities.
ANSWER: Golden Horde [or Kipchak Khanate or Ulug Ulus or Ulus of Jochi]
[10m] This man fought his brother Ariq Böke (“AH-reek BURR-kuh”) in a succession crisis. Marco Polo visited the winter capital Dadu, in modern day Beijing, to meet this founder of the Yuan dynasty.
ANSWER: Kublai Khan [accept Emperor Shizu]
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